title: [Embolization of multiple pulmonary arteriovenous fistula in a case of Rendu-Osler-Weber syndrome with brain abscess].
abstract: A forty-year-old woman who developed brain abscess was found to Rendu-Osler-weber syndrome with multiple arteriovenous fistulas of the left lung. Therapeutic embolization of pulmonary arteriovenous fistulas was performed for the prevention against brain abscess and improvement of hypoxia.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Chibune Hospital.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yokogawa
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hirayama
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ohishi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shimizu
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hirota
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Adachi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sako
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kohno
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001164:Arteriovenous Fistula / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D001922:Brain Abscess / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic; D006801:Humans; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011667:Pulmonary Veins / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011859:Radiography; D013683:Telangiectasia, Hereditary Hemorrhagic / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*